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Class X - Mathematics
Board Question Paper – 2015
(Two and a half hours)
Question 1
(a) A shopkeeper bought an article for Rs. 3,450. He marks the price of the artic
above the cost price. The rate of sales tax charged on the article is 10%
Find the:
(i) market price of the article.
(ii) price paid by a customer who buys the article. [3]
(b) Solve the following inequation and write the solution set:
13x – 5 < 15x + 4 < 7x ε+R12, x
Represent the solution on a real number line.
y [3]
(c) Without using trigonometric tables evaluate: [4]
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sin65° cos32°
+ −sin28°.sec62°+cosec2 30 °
cos25° sin58°
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Question 2
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(a) If A = , B= ,find x and y where = A2 B. [3]
0 1 0 −y
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(c) Three vertices of parallelogram ABCD taken in order are A(3, 6), B(5, 10) and C(3, 2)
(i) the coordinate of the fourth vertex D
(ii) length of diagonal BD
(iii) equation of the side AD of the parallelogram ABCD [4]
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Question 3
(a) In the given figure, ABCD is the square of side 21 cm. AC and BD are two diagonals of
the square. Two semicircles are drawn with AD and BC as diameters. Find the area
22
of the shaded region.
Take π = [3]
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(b) The marks obtained by 30 students in a class assignment of 5 marks areis giv
below.
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Marks 0 1 2 3 4 5
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No. of 1 3 6 10 5 5
Students
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Question 4
(a) Katrina opened a recurring deposit account with a Nationalised Bank for a period of 2
years. If the bank pays interest at the rate 6% per annum and the monthly instalment is
Rs. 1,000, find the:
(i) Interest earned in 2 years.
(ii) Matured value [3]
(b) Find the value of ‘K’ foe which x = 3 is a solution of the quadratic equation,
(K + 2)2x – Kx + 6 = 0.
Thus find the other root of the equation. [3]
(c) Construct a regular hexagon of side 5 cm. Construct a circle circumscribing the hexago
All traces of construction must be clearly shown. [4]
(Rs.)
April 16, 2010 By cash - 2500 2500
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Calculate the interest Virat earned at the end of 31st July, 2010 at
at 4% per annum interest. What sum of money will he receive if he
closed the account on 1 August, 2010? [5]
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Question 6
(a) If a, b, c are in continued proportion, prove that
(a + b + c) (a – b + c) = a 2+ b2+ c2. [3]
(b) In the given figure ABC is a triangle and BC is parallel to the y – axis. AB and AC interse
the y–axis at P and Q respectively.
Frequency 8 5 12 35 24 16
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Question 7
(a) Two solid spheres of radii 2 cm and 4 cm are melted and recast into a cone of height 8
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MATHE ATICS
Question 8
(a) AB and CD are two chords of a circle intersecting at P. Prove
× that AP PB = CP PD
[3]
(b) A bag contains 5 white balls, 6 red balls and 9 green balls. A ball is drawn at random
from the bag. Find the probability that the ball drawn is:
(i) a green ball
(ii) a white or a red ball
(iii) is neither a green ball nor a white ball. [3]
(c) Rohit invested Rs. 9,600 on Rs.100 shares at Rs. 20 premium paying 8% dividend.
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Rohit sold the shares when the price rose to 160. He invested the proceeds
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(excluding dividend) in 10% Rs. 50 shares at Rs. 40. Find the:
(i) original number of shares
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Question 9
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(a) The horizontal distance between two towers is 120 m. The angle of elevation of the top
and angle of depression of the bottom of the first tower as observed from the second
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tower is 30
° and 24
° respectively. [4]
Find the height of the two towers. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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(b) The weight of 50 workers is given below : [6]
Draw an ogive of the given distribution using a graph sheet. Take 2 cm = 10 kg on one
axis and 2 cm = 5 workers along the other axis. Use a graph to estimate the following:
(i) The upper and lower quartiles.
(ii) If weighing 95 kg and above is considered overweight, find the number of workers
who are overweight.
Question 10
(a) A wholesaler buys a TV from the manufacturer for Rs. 25,000. He marks the price of TV
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20% above his cost price and sells it to a retailer at a 10% discount on the market price
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If the rate of VAT is 8%, find the :
(i) Market price
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(c) ABC is a right angled triangle with ∠ABC = 90 °.D is any point on AB and DE
perpendicular to AC. Prove that:
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Question 11
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(a) Sum of two natural numbers is 8 and the difference of their reciprocal
. is
15
Find the numbers. [3]
x3 + 12x y3 + 27y
(b) Given 2 = . Using componendo and dividendo find x : y. [3]
6x + 8 9y2 + 27
(c) Construct a triangle ABC with AB = 5.5 cm, AC =∠6 cm and BAC = 105°.
Hence:
(i) Construct the locus of points equidistant from BA and BC.
(ii) Construct the locus of points equidistant from B and C.
(iii) Mark the point which satisfies the above two loci as P. Measure and write the length
of PC. [4]
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